Quran 37:117

Surah As-Saffat, Verse 117

Verse 117 of 182 in Surah As-Saffat (الصافات), chapter 37 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ

EnglishSaheeh International: And We gave them the explicit Scripture [i.e., the Torah],
TamilJan Trust Foundation: அவ்விருவருக்கும் நாம் துலக்கமான வேதத்தைக் கொடுத்தோம்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center: තවද අපි ඔවුන් දෙදෙනාට පැහැදිලි ධර්ම ග්‍රන්ථය පිරිනැමුවෙමු.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi: اور ہم نے انہیں (واضح اور) روشن کتاب دی.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita: なおわれは，両人に（事理を）明瞭にさせる啓典を授け，
ChineseMa Jian: 我授予他们俩详明的经典，

Tafsir of 37:117

Musa and Harun Allah tells us how He blessed Musa and Harun with prophethood and how He saved them, along with those who believed, from the oppression of Fir`awn and his people, who had persecuted them by killing their sons and sparing their women, and by forcing them to do the most menial tasks, then ultimately He caused them to prevail over them and to seize their lands and their wealth and all that they had spent their entire lives amassing. Then Allah revealed to Musa the Clear and Mighty Book, which is the Tawrah, as Allah says: وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ الْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَآءً (And indeed We granted to Musa and Harun the criterion (of right and wrong), and a shining light) (21:48). And Allah says here: وَءَاتَيْنَهُمَا الْكِتَبَ الْمُسْتَبِينَ - وَهَدَيْنَهُمَا الصِّرَطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ (And We gave them the clear Scripture; and guided them to the right path.) meaning, with regard to words and deeds. وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى الاٌّخِرِينَ (And We left for them among the later generations.) means, that after they died they would be mentioned in good terms and spoken of highly.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)